Unscramble UPGUSHED and you have 108 words, UPGUSHED itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
U12P34G23U12S1H43E1D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from UPGUSHED split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 42 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
PEGH and PUGH are the top 4-letter words from UPGUSHED, 10 points each. USED, HUGE and PUSH will look familiar.
Of the 38 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UPGUSHED, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. USE, DUE and UPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UPGUSHED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PUSHED (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: UPGUSHED is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPGUSHED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 78 | 108 | 69 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPGUSHED, UPGUSH, PEGHS, PEGH, EUGHS, HESP, HUPS, DUSH, EUGH, PUH, SPEUG, DEGUS and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PUDGES, HEPS, PUDGE, PUDUS, DEPS, DUH, PUDU, DEP and EDS, 9 in all.